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It is as if a physician were able to deal for the moment with an emergency in disease but could not adapt his treatment of it to the underlying conditions which brought it about.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “It is as if a physician were able to deal for the moment with an emergency in disease but could not adapt his treatment…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey compares the need for continuous inquiry in public matters to a physician's need to address underlying causes of disease.
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The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.
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